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Nikki Britton Comedian NIKKI BRITTON COMEDIAN Nikki Britton started out as an actor and exploded onto the comedy scene in 2011 with her warm, lightning-paced style, that has subsequently seen her appear on the Melbourne Comedy Festival Oxfam Gala, ABC’s Comedy Up Late and on The Comedy Channel as part of the Just For Laughs Festival. You may have also seen Nikki playing the scene-stealing Marlo on Peter Helliar’s How to Stay Married on Network 10, feature in Matt Okine’s The Other Guy and star in the Screen Australia web-series Sheila’s, directed by Hannah and Eliza Riley. She has also appeared as a guest on Network Ten’s The Project and Celebrity Name Game. Her live theatre credits include playing Sara in Amelia Roper’s She Rode Horses Like the Stock Exchange and touring the one-woman Irish play 51 Shades of Maggie Muff around Australia for 2 years to sold-out crowds and critical acclaim. Nikki has toured her stand-up comedy nationally and internationally for the last 6 years including with The Melbourne Comedy Festival Roadshow, as well as performing at LA’s Laugh Factory, The Hollywood Improv and The Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Her solo show Romanticide was nominated for Best Comedy at the 2017 Perth FringeWorld Festival and won Best Comedy at the Adelaide Fringe Festival the following year. As a playwright, she was nominated for a GLUG for her work on Hidden Sydney. Her warmth and personable demeanour make her a much sought-after MC and presenter in both TV and radio. Her newest show, Once Bitten received standing ovations and excellent reviews to sold out houses at festivals across the country. “Few comics reduce their audience to the constant waves of laughter for the full hour like Britton does.” Chortle TELEVISION 2020 STAN Lockdown Comedy Festival (Comedy Spot) 2020 Network Ten Hughesy We Have A Problem (Guest) 2020 ABC TV Home Alone Together 2018-20 Network Ten How To Stay Married (Actor-Role: Marlo) 2019 ABC Comedy Comedy Up Late 2019 ABC TV Melbourne International Comedy Festival Oxfam Gala (Comedy Spot) 2019 Network Ten Celebrity Name Game (Guest) 2018 ABC TV Tonightly with Tom Ballard (Comedy Spot) 2018 ABC TV Melbourne International Comedy Festival Upfront Gala (Comedy Spot) 2018 Screen Australia Shelias (Actor – Role: Fanny Durack) 2017 Stan The Other Guy (Actor – Role: Bowlo Manager) 2017 ABC TV Comedy Up Late (Comedy Spot) RADIO, PODCASTS VOICEOVER WORK - Regular appearances on radio stations around Australia including NOVA FM, Triple M and the HIT Network. - Regular VO for Channel 10 Promos - Voiceover Artist for Celebrity Gogglebox US (2020) - ABC COMEDY PRESENTS: Once Bitten (2020) LIVE SHOWS 2020 Sydney Opera House Digital Stages (Streamed) Joan Sutherland Theatre, Sydney Opera House 2020 One Small Step – Solo Show Adelaide Fringe, Perth Fringe World 2019 Once Bitten – Solo Show Adelaide Fringe, Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Sydney Comedy Festival, Bondi Feast, Comedy Store Sydney 2018 Romanticide – Solo Show Adelaide Fringe, Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2018 Grandma is Not Growing Up – Children’s Show Adelaide Fringe, Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Sydney Comedy Festival AWARDS 2020 Winner – Adelaide Fringe – Best Comedy Weekly Award 2017 Winner – Adelaide Fringe – Best Comedy Weekly Award 2016 Nominee – Perth Fringe World – Best Comedy OTHER NOTABLE WORK 2019 Byron Bay Comedy Festival – Nikki Britton, Dave Thornton & Mel Buttle 2018 Just For Laughs Sydney – Stand Up Series 2018 Support for Wil Anderson – Comedy Store Sydney 2018 YACK Festival – Tom Ballard and Friends Read a Play that Tom has Written 2017 MICF Roadshow India 2017 YACK Festival – Story Club Exclusively represented by Token Artists. Contact Dioni Andis on 03 8417 0000 or [email protected] or further details. Last Updated: November 2020 .
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